The professional news page of Ernest W. Adams, author of The Designer's Notebook.

Wednesday, April 27, 2005

Adams selected as consulting expert by ELVI project, Finland

Oulu, Finland

The Environment for Lucrative Virtual Interaction is a regional development project coordinated by the University of Oulu Department of Information Processing Science, in conjunction with the European Union and the City of Oulu. The project's goal is to grow the area's games and interactive entertainment industry, by finding innovative ideas for games and interactive entertainment, and turning them into marketable concepts.

In order to do this, they need outside experts to help them evaluate the proposals. They put out a call for tenders -- bids, in effect -- to the game industry. I am honored to be among the bidders selected to serve as an expert. It means I'll be traveling to Oulu several times a year, evaluating game ideas and meeting with development teams.

About Me

Dr. Ernest Adams is an independent game design consultant, writer, and teacher. He has been in the game industry since 1989, and is the author of Game Mechanics: Advanced Game Design with Joris Dormans,Fundamentals of Game Design, Second Edition, andBreak Into the Game Industry: How to Get a Job Making Video Games. Ernest was most recently employed as a lead designer at Bullfrog Productions on theDungeon Keeperseries, and for several years before that he was the audio/video producer on theMadden NFL football product line. He is the founder of the International Game Developers' Association, and is a popular lecturer at the Game Developers' Conference and many other events.